What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.

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The word is "startling." Remove the "l" and it becomes starting. Then remove the "t" and it is staring. The rest of the changes are as follows: string - sting - sing - sin - in - and finally, I.

Are you good at math? Complete the last two in this sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=?, 12=?

Spoiler:

The solution for both is 6, because that is the number of letters in the name of the numbers.

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Sat May 17, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

I'm enjoying this thread! Ok, see if you like his one:

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

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ANSWER:

Spoiler:

nothing

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Posted:
Mon May 19, 2008 7:19 am Post subject:

Why is the firetruck red?

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Because it has two seats in the front and four seats in the back. Two and four is six.
When it's six o'clock in New York it's 1 o'clock in England.
The queen of England is named Elizabeth, which is also the name of a boat.
The boat sailed out to sea and sank down to the fishes.
The fishes have fins, and the Finns fought the Russians in the war.
The Russians are red, which is why the firetruck is also red.

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Posted:
Mon May 19, 2008 9:50 am Post subject:

Why is the firetruck red?

Spoiler:

That I can tell you in one word: tradition!

jeff
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Posted:
Wed May 21, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

Here are a few making the rounds in email again:

Five tricky questions

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms.
The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with
loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.

Which room is safest for him?

Spoiler:

The one with they lions. If they haven't eaten in 3 years they're likely dead.

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5
minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Spoiler:

The woman is a photographer.

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you
throw it away ?

Spoiler:

Charcoal.

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday,
Friday, or Sunday?

Spoiler:

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can
find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that
you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with
it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still
may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

Spoiler:

No letter "e".

jeff
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Posted:
Wed May 21, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject:

What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

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Well... the answer is M, I'm sure you got that but I wrote a much longer answer and then added a spoiler in an attempt to throw you off the trail and think there was a much larger and more complicated answer. But, alas, no. Not that clever a riddle!